VCE ATAR calculator

Enter your study scores to estimate your ATAR from VTAC's 2025 scaling data.

Your studies

Pick each Unit 3/4 study and enter your study score out of 50.

VTAC adds your best English-group scaled score, your next best three, and 10% of a fifth and sixth study.

Add studies and study scores to see your estimated ATAR.

Estimate only, not an official ATAR. Scaled scores are interpolated from VTAC's 2025 scaling report and converted with VTAC's 2025 aggregate-to-ATAR table. 2026 scaling will differ; your official ATAR comes from VTAC. Data: VTAC 2025 Aggregate to ATAR Table and 2025 Scaling Report.

How this calculator works

The VCE ATAR is calculated by VTAC. The calculator follows VTAC's steps:

Scaling. VTAC's 2025 Scaling Report gives the scaled score for study scores of 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45 and 50 in every study. We interpolate between those points. Scaled scores are not capped at 50.
Aggregate. One English-group scaled score plus the next best three (the primary four), plus 10% of a fifth and sixth study, following VTAC's study area grouping and equivalent-study rules.
ATAR. The aggregate is converted with VTAC's 2025 Aggregate to ATAR Table, which lists the aggregate range for every ATAR from 30.00 to 99.95.

What this calculator is not

This is an estimator, not VTAC's official tool. VTAC's published scaled scores are rounded, scaling is recalculated for the 2026 cohort, and VCE VET, higher education and other increments are not modelled. For your official ATAR, refer to VTAC.

How to use this calculator

Estimate from SACs and trials. Enter projected study scores based on your SAC rankings and trial exams.
Plan target study scores. Adjust scores until the estimate reaches the ATAR you need.
Test subject choices. Compare combinations to see how scaling changes the estimate.

Want to understand the maths in depth?

Read our explainers on how the VCE ATAR is calculated, how VCE study scores work, and SACs and SATs.

Common questions

How is the VCE ATAR calculated?: VTAC scales your study scores, then adds the scaled score of one English study (English, EAL, English Language or Literature), your next best three scaled scores, and 10% of up to two more. That aggregate is converted to an ATAR. In 2025 an aggregate of 120.42 was the lowest that earned an ATAR of 70.00, 155.19 earned 90.00 and 192.10 earned 99.00.
What is a VCE study score?: A study score ranks your performance in a Unit 3/4 study on a scale of 0 to 50. Study scores are set so the mean is around 30 and the standard deviation around 7 in each study.
What is VCE scaling?: VTAC scales each study score for the strength of the students taking that study. In 2025 a study score of 30 scaled to 43 in Specialist Mathematics, 35 in Mathematical Methods, 34 in Chemistry, 28 in English and 26 in Health and Human Development (VTAC 2025 Scaling Report).
Can a scaled study score be more than 50?: Yes. Strongly scaled studies go past 50: in 2025 a study score of 50 scaled to 55 in Specialist Mathematics and Latin and 53 in French and German. That is why VCE aggregates can exceed 210.
Are there limits on which studies count?: Yes. At most two studies from the same study area grouping (for example mathematics, history or languages) count in the primary four, and at most three count overall. English and EAL are equivalent, so only one counts. The calculator applies these rules and picks the best permissible combination.
Is Further Mathematics still offered?: No. Further Mathematics was replaced by General Mathematics from 2023, so the calculator lists General Mathematics and Foundation Mathematics instead.